Emmeline Halse
Born 25 May 1853
Died 6 February 1930
Active: 1876 - 1930
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist
Born in London. Studied with her father, at the Royal Academy Schools 1876 to early 1880s, then trained in Paris under Frédéric Louis Désiré Bogino. One of Emmeline's close friends was the painter Helen Trevor who travelled and worked in France and Italy in the 1880s and 1890s. After Helen's death, Emmeline arranged for the publication of her correspondence as 'The Ramblings of an Artist: Selections from the letters of H. M. Trevor to E. H.', published by Gay & Bird, London, 1901.
Wealth at death: £2,965 0s. 10d.
Probate date: 3 March 1930
Works
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The Pleiades
1887
Night
1887 (Circa)
Baby Thoughts
1887
£6
A Study
1891
The Evening Star
1891
The Morning Star
1891
Naughty
1895
Sea Whispers
1900
Mother's Idol
1903
Locations
Address 2 Adelaide Terrace Kensington London | View on map
1853
Address 15 Clarendon Road Notting Hill London W | View on map
1881 (Circa) - 1928 (Circa)
Address 11 Athelstan Road Margate | View on map
1891
On holiday here with her parents.
Address 45 Clarendon Road Notting Hill London W | View on map
1894
Address Twin Gables Vache Lane Chalfont St. Giles | View on map
1930
Resident at this address when she died.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1879
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twelfth Autumn Exhibition, 1894
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1878
'The Swing'
Exhibited at Twenty-Sixth Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1887
'Night'
Exhibited at Thirty-Fourth Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1895
'Naughty'
Exhibited at Thirtieth Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1890-1891
Multiple works
Exhibited at Thirty-Ninth Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1900
'Sea Whispers'
Exhibited at Forty-Second Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1903
'Mother's Idol'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1878
Between 1878 and 1901 Halse exhibited 18 times, a total of twenty-seven works. Details from 1905 onwards will be added in due course.
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the nineteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1889
1889
Tired Out (cat. no. 1528, £20); Wild Rose (cat. no. 1535, £10).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1891
1891
Babyhood (cat. no. 1249, studies in wax, £15 15s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1892
1892
Studies of Babies (cat. no. 1326, £5 5s.); Isabelle (cat. no. 1336, model in wax, £5 5s.); Babyhood (cat. no. 1347, studies in wax, £5 5s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
1894
Naughty (cat. no. 1342, marble, £35); Minnie and Winnie (cat. no. 1346, wax group, £12 12s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895
1895
An Unwilling Model (cat. no. 1326, terracotta, £26 5s.).
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1877 (Presumed) - 1883 (Presumed)
Halse was awarded a silver medal for the best model of a statue or group in 1877 and in 1878. In 1880 she was awarded silver medal for her restoration of a mutliated antqiue statue, and in 1883 second prize of £10 for a model of a design. See Royal Academy 'Annual Reports'.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VII, 1923 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary modeller living in London. Forrer notes that the artist exhibited two wax portrait medallions at the Royal Academy, London, in 1905. See vol. 7, (1923), p. 412.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Sculptor' and her father George Halse 'Bank Manager'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Living on own means'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Private means'
Sources
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth, 1895 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1895
pp. 47-50.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth, 1894 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1894
pp. 49-52.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-second, 1892 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1892
pp. 47-8
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1878
1878
Cat. No. 1049, pp. 88, 98
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1879
1879
Cat. No. 1020, pp. 82, 91
Catalogue of the Twelfth Autumn Exhibition, 1894
1894
Cat. Nos. 626, 627, pp. 54, 60
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 729; Folio: 31; Page: 10; GSU Roll: 6095839
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 23 folio 102 page 12
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN162 RG78PN5 RD2 SD2 ED21 SN197
Emmeline Halse Sculptor, 1853-1930
2002
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Emmeline Halse
Probate Date: 3 Mar 1930
Death Date: 6 Feb 1930
Death Place: Buckinghamshire, England
Registry: London, England
London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
2010
Name: Emmeline Halse
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 12 Jun 1853
Father's Name: George Halse
Mother's name: Matilda Halse
Parish or Poor Law Union: Ladbroke Grove St John the Evangelist
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Register Type: Parish Registers
Citing this record
'Emmeline Halse', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib6_1228309406, accessed 03 Jun 2023]
